Cold Spring Harbor Protocols

Cold Spring Harbor Protocols is an interdisciplinary community-led journal providing a definitive source of technique-related reviews and laboratory protocols in the life sciences. Each monthly issue includes review articles and robust and reliable protocols describing well-established techniques and cutting-edge approaches. All protocols are up-to-date and presented in a consistent, easy-to-follow format. The journal, indexed in Medline/PubMed, continues Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory's tradition of over 60 years as a trusted source of laboratory methods and techniques.

Articles are by invitation only and commissioned as part of Collections by the journal’s Collection Editors, active researchers recognized as experts in their respective fields. Contributions are subjected to a multi-tier review process that ensures that all manuscripts meet our scientific and editorial standards, resulting in Collections that serve as comprehensive guides for the field they cover.

Cold Spring Harbor Protocols thus represents a continuously updated collection of authoritative reviews and reliable step-by-step protocols in the life sciences, a resource that helps researchers advance their work and fosters scientific reproducibility.